Wow, Big Picture, you stole my thunder. "Here we go again" mentioned skill sets, but Jamie Dimon, who made 31 million dollars last year, was not skillful enough to answer Rep. Porter's questions. So, we shouldn't be asking about the skills of the workers, but rather the skills of Mr. Dimon. Rep. Porter's questions were not that difficult. In addition we have to wonder about the skills of the owners of Stop and Shop which is based in Brussels.

Simon was skilled not to answer a ‘Gotcha’ questions. The banks pay better than a living wage to their employees. The question should be what do the feds and local governments pay for entry level and non-skilled labor positions.

Paulli, you claim the banks pay a living wage so I will ask you a variation on Rep Porter's question. How do you consider it a living wage if the woman getting it is still -$500+ every month?

What is the relevance of "banks pay a living wage" when the workers are striking Stop and Shop, not a bank. For interesting and informative comments on S&S as an employer (owned by Ahold, a multi-billion-dollar-profit Dutch-based multinational), see here: https://twitter.com/search?q=ahold+stop+and+shop&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

Yes, the 'transition' away from 'living wage' jobs began many years ago...thanks to the unions who made our manufacturing base flee the USA for cheaper labor overseas, benefiting low wage countries such as China. Look at the clothes you buy.(Look at ANYTHING you buy at walmart... 'made in china' or some third world country will be on the label.) When politicians legislate mandated wages, benefits etc, and unions force further demands, a company either folds since it cannot compete, or moves its manufacturing offshore. Its perplexing that the unions give Democrats their 100% loyalty, then turn a blind eye when the manufacturing jobs disappear to Mexico, and the cheaper goods are allowed to come back into the country free of tariffs from Mexico. They won't recognize the fact that the ONLY President to ever do anything that benefits the UNION workers is Trump. Hate him all you want, but he is the best friend the working man ever had in this country. Not every job is a career and as such does not 'deserve' whatever you call a 'living wage'. That nonsense is called socialism. It never works, and all you ahve to do is look to Cuba. Grocery clerks get the same as a professional. The country is a disaster economically and will continue to be so unless they adapt capitalism. And one more thing about unions, for those of you who never left the rock. They are all about non-competiveness and rewards for doing nothing. If you work in a factory and build more 'widgets'than others, the shop steward comes and tells you to SLOW down, you're making the other workers look bad. When i went to college off-island in the mid 1970's the commuter railroad had deisel locomotives. I think the last coal locomotive was probably used before the Korean war. I inquired as to why the extra person was in the locomotive... the one sitting there drinking coffee and reading magazines. It should come as no surprise, he was the 'fireman'. I was told the job of the 'fireman'was to shovel the coal from the coal car into the engine. Since the railroads upgraded to cleaner deisel, he was no longer needed, but the union demanded he keep that job, rather than be retrained as an engineer. Its called 'union featherbedding'' when you pay someone to do a job eliminated by progress or technology. With the critical public transportation industry the union had leverage and the taxpayers got stuck with a tab for a lazy employee getting paid to breath. Not the case here. And Off-island there are lots of competing supermarkets and people willing to cross a picket line. I understand if you're skilled as a butcher.. but stocking shelves and bagging groceries is not a 'career'. If you don't like it, learn a trade and move up the economic ladder...or try Cuba.

I will concede that it will take longer for automation to supplant those service jobs, but would never say it's incorrect. Some of it is already here and you can definitely plan for it. I'm not anti-service job, i'm just stating a fact about capitalism. It's all about process optimization. https://restaurantengine.com/automate-your-restaurant/

No- Because I support the workers. The island card is another issue. We need to shop at Reliable -

Steve claims he does nice things and we see all he donates etc but he does it on the back of us, the locals and the summer visitors. He makes enough that he CAN give to others. I wish I did.

Goin to market basket Save enough to pay for the boat and then some..

So sorry you have been inconvenienced BY UNIONS! The union movement in this country is nearly 150 years old and is responsible for the upward mobility that created the great middle class. Wages, health, safety, retirement. Unions have been responsible for all of it. Too many people right now view everything through the lense of how it affects them. It is not about you, sir.

Unions are for lazy people? I'm sorry, but unions are for the protection of worker's right in situations JUST LIKE THIS. Stop & Shop is playing hardball with people's lives and being in a union is the only way to not let the executives you so admire just keep taking until there is nothing left to take. Let me guess, you're and old, white, male boomer...

Sorry not all union members are lazy!!!!